Maryland Politics: July 22, 2007 - July 28, 2007

Clarksburg activists say they are still sifting the legal and policy documents that County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) offered up yesterday as a possible way to resolve a dispute over whether to tax residents to repay developers for at least...

Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) is trying to dispel fears that he's out for control of the Board of Directors of Dimensions Healthcare, the company that runs the county's hospital system. Today, he suggested a new entity...

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and Del. Jill P. Carter (D-Baltimore) have not been on good terms for quite some time -- and this week offered fresh evidence that the relationship is not likely to take a turn for the...

A Circuit Court judge is scheduled tomorrow to hear lawyers for Dimensions Healthcare System, the nonprofit company that runs the county's hospital system, argue that the county should be forced to provide public funding to keep the hospitals open. Without...

Sen. P.J. Hogan (D-Montgomery) acknowledged having "a little bit of a heavy heart" this morning as he called to order a meeting of a panel that may soon be known as "the commission formerly known as the Hogan Commission." The...